Ash-lifter.



A. 0. GANGAWERE & 0. G. ROMIG.

ASH LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNI: 1s, 190s.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

W ITNSSES i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT O. GANGAWERE AND ORANGE Gr. ROMIG, OF EAST MGKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

ASH-LIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT O. GANGA- WERE and ORANGE Gr. RoMIG, citizens of the United States, residing at East McKeesport, county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Lifters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to an ash lifter, and particularly to a receptacle having a pivoted door or cover adapted to form an ineline over which the ashes or other material may be scraped or drawn into said receptacle.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improved construction of receptacle having a door pivoted thereon to Swing outward beyond the end of the receptacle to form an incline over which the material may be drawn by a tool operated from the back of the receptacle.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for supporting the tool Within the receptacle when not in use.

'Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In the drawing :-F igure 1 is a perspective ofthe invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the receptacle in position for use; Fig. 3 is a front elevation; Fig. l

is a detail vertical section; Fig. 5 is a detail rear elevation. Fig. 6 is a detail section on line 6 6, Fig. 1.

The numeral 10 designates the receptacle which may be of any desired size or configuration and is preferably provided with the inset portion 11 upon its under face when in position for use, this portion being adapted to extend overthe base of a fire box 12 to which the receptacle is applied for the removal of the ashes therefrom. The receptacle is also provided with the lifting handle 13 by which it may be carried in vertical position, as shown in Fig. l, and for the purpose of placing in position or dumping a handle 14: is provided at the closed end of the receptacle. Within the receptacle intermediate the walls thereof is a cross bar 15 upon which the doors or covers 16 and 17 are mounted for pivotal movement. If desired the door 16 may be secured to this rod and the door 17 loosely mounted thereon. In this construction a handle 18 is applied to the rod for the purpose of oscillating it, and the spring latch 19 secured to the outer wall of the receptacle for the purpose of retaining this handle in contact with its end when the door 16 is in closed position, as shown in Fig. 1. These doors are of different size so that the rod is preferably set at a point at less than midway between the side walls, and the door 16 has a curved or inclined portion 2O which is adapted to extend beyond the end of the receptacle and into an ash pit to form an incline over which the material may be drawn into the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 2.

For the purpose of moving the material into the receptacle any desired form of tool may be used, and we have here shown a rod 2l which extends through an aperture 22 in the rear of the receptacle and is provided at its forward end with a scraping member 23 removably attached thereto by means of a set screw 24. This member may comprise any desired form by which the larger cinders may be collected and the fine ashes left in the pit to be subsequently removed. The removability of the scraping member permits the rod to be withdrawn from the rear of the receptacle and when so withdrawn the aperture 22 may be closed by means of a pivoted shutter 25 so that no escape of ashes therethrough occurs when the receptacle is in raised position.

Under some conditions it is desirable to retain the scraping tool or its rod within the upper portion of the receptacle when in operative position and for that purpose a holder 26 is provided at the front or open end of the receptacle and comprises the cross piece 27 having overturned edges and a lon gitudinally extending slot 28, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. Slidingly mounted in these overturned edges is a late 29 provided with a recess 30 which w en in alinement with the opening 31 through the overturned edges 27 permits the entrance of the rod 21 into the slot 28, and the slide may then be moved longitudinally to bring the parts into the position shown in Fig. 3 thus supporting the rod of the scraping member in the upper portion of the receptacle.

In the operation of the invention the receptacle is disposed at the ash pit opening7 it is desired to remove the receptacle for the purpose of dumping the scraping member is detached from its rod which may be withdrawn from the rear and the aperture through which it passes closed so that a tight receptacle is maintained at all times to prevent dust in the removal thereof from the house. In the dumping of the receptacle it is inverted in position and the two doors.

are swung into a parallel position directly beneath the pivot on which they are mounted, the inclined door being released by depressing its catch for this purpose and thus offer the minimum obstruction to the free y discharge of ashes from the receptacle.

, VIt will be seen that the construction is one which permits the direct application of the receptacle to an ash pit and the closing of the receptacle while in that position so as to prevent the escape of dust and ashes therefrom as it is lifted into a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 1, for the purpose of transporta-tion. The removable scraping member permits the use of different characters of tools thereon with a single rod, and the invention is applicable to any character of heating apparatus from which ashes or other material is desired to be removed, and may be also applied to other uses in which it is desired to scrape or draw the material directly into the receptacle. i Having described our invention and set forth its merits, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In an ash lifter, an open ended receptacle and a cover member having a. pivot within the receptacle intermediate the ends thereof and intermediate the sides of said receptacle which are parallel to said pivot, said cover member being of greater length 'from its pivot to its free end than the distance of said pivot from the side wall of the receptacle so as to swing outward beyond theopen end thereof.

2. In an ash lifter, a receptacle open at one end and provided with an aperture in its opposite closed end, a cover member pivoted within the receptacle intermediate the ends andv adapted to swing outward beyond the open end thereof, and a tool having a rod extended through said aperture in the closed end of said receptacle.

3. Inan 'ash lifter, a receptacle open at one end and provided with an apertureV in l said aperture.

4. In an ash lifter, a receptacle open at one end and provided with an aperture at its opposite closed end, a cover member piv oted thereon and adapted to swing outward beyond the open end thereof, a tool having a rod extended through said aperture in the closed end of said receptacle, and means for supporting said rod at the open end of said receptacle.

5. In an ash lifter, a receptacle open at one end and provided with an aperture at its opposite closed end, a cover member pivoted thereon and adapted to swing outward beyond the open end thereof, a tool having arod extended through the aperture in the closed end of said receptacle, and a cross piece provided with a longitudinally extending slot to support said rod.

6. In an ash lifter, areceptacl'e open at one end and provided with an aperture at its opposite closed end, a cover member pivoted thereon and adapted to swing outward beyond the open end thereof, a tool having a rod extended through the aperture in the closed end of said receptacle, a cross piece provided with a longitudinally extending slot to support said rod, and a slide mounted upon said cross piece and provided with an aperture to receive said rod.

7. Inan ash lifter, a receptacle open at one end and provided with an aperture atits opposite closed end, a` cover member pivoted thereon and adapted to swingvoutward beyond the open end thereof, a tool having a rod extended through the aperture in the closed end of said receptacle, a cross piece provided with overturned edgesand a longitudinally extending slot to support said rod,

and a slide mounted within the edges uponl said cross piece and provided with an aperture to receive said rod.

8. In an ash lifter, an open ended receptacle, a cover member having a pivot within the receptacle intermediate the ends thereof and intermediate the sides of said receptacle which are parallel to said pivot, said cover vmember being of greater length from its pivot to its free end than the distance of said pivot from the side wall of the-receptacle so as to swing outward beyond lthe open end thereof, and means for retaining .said cover in closed position within the receptacle.

adapted to swing outward beyond the open end thereof, a handle secured to the pivot of said cover, and a spring latch adapted to engage said handle when the cover is in closed position.

10. In an ash lifter, an open ended receptacle, and swinging cover members having a fixed pivot therein adjacent one end, one member being of greater length than the other and movable to cover the shorter member and extend beyond the receptacle.

11. In an ash lifter, an open ended receptacle, cover members therein adjacent one end, one member being of greater length than the other and movable to cover the shorter member and extend beyond the receptacle, a cross rod to which said longer member is secured and upon which the shorter member is pivoted, and means for oscillating said rod.

12. In an ash lifter, an open ended receptacle having a lateral inset portion at one side of said open end, and a cover member having a pivot within the receptacle intermediate the ends thereof and intermediate the sides of said receptacle which are parallel to said pivot, said cover member being of greater length from its ivot to its free end than the distance of sai pivot from the side wall of the receptacle so as to swin outward beyond the open end thereof an over said inset portion.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT O. GANGAWERE. ORANGE G. ROMIG.

Witnesses:

I-IUGH A. DIAMOND, CORNELIUS W. Corman. 

